World's First AI-Generated Video Game, Ghost Jobs Flood the Market, and the Silurian Hypothesis
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Nov 18, 2024
Explore the world's first fully AI-generated video game that creates its own open-world environment in real-time. Discover the troubling rise of 'ghost jobs' in the job market, with legislation now being considered to bring transparency. Dive deep into the Silurian Hypothesis, questioning if humans were the first advanced civilization on Earth, and learn about methods to detect evidence of ancient industrial societies. Uncover how this theory is changing our perception of the planet's history and the potential for past technologies.
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AI-Generated Game
Oasis, an AI-generated video game, renders its world in real time.
It faces challenges like forgetting level layouts, but has secured substantial funding.
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Ghost Jobs
Ghost jobs, fake job listings, are increasing, impacting the tech and consulting sectors.
Governments are starting to regulate this practice for transparency.
insights INSIGHT
Silurian Hypothesis
The Silurian Hypothesis explores the possibility of previous advanced civilizations on Earth.
It suggests searching for chemical traces rather than physical ruins due to geological changes.
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In today's episode of Discover Daily, we explore the world's first fully AI-generated video game, Oasis, developed by Israeli company Decart. Running entirely on a large language model, this groundbreaking game generates its Minecraft-like world in real-time, offering a unique glimpse into the future of gaming despite current technical limitations.
We also investigate the concerning trend of "ghost jobs" flooding the job market, with an estimated 70% of current listings potentially being positions companies have no immediate plans to fill. As this practice reaches new heights in the consulting industry and tech sector, we examine how governments are beginning to take action, with Ontario implementing new transparency rules and New Jersey considering similar legislation.
Our deep dive explores the fascinating Silurian Hypothesis, which questions whether humans were truly Earth's first technological civilization. This thought-provoking theory examines how we might detect evidence of an ancient industrial society through chemical and isotopic signatures, while highlighting the challenges of preservation over geological timescales. From cephalopod intelligence to potential evidence on the Moon and Mars, we uncover how this hypothesis is reshaping our understanding of Earth's deep history.
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